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In this mini-course we'll build a production-ready API in Go but I'm going to simulate like I was in an interview so that you can learn what to do in that situation and how to properly build and ship a backend API from diagram to code.

► Resources:
- Project code: https://github.com/sikozonpc/ecom-go-api-project
- 12 Factor Principles: https://12factor.net
- Roy Fielding REST dissertation

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Hope you liked and thanks for watching!

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Project Architecture & Design
00:15:15 Project Structure
00:22:40 HTTP Server Setup
00:37:40 Structured Logging
00:40:10 Clean Architecture
00:47:38 Listing Products Handler
00:49:00 Sending JSON
00:55:30 Products Service
01:00:00 Databases with sqlc
01:09:00 Migrations
01:15:48 Running Postgres Locally
01:17:38 Connecting to Postgres with Go
01:31:58 Challenge 1
01:33:20 Placing an Order from the API 
01:58:50 Challenge 2
02:00:00 Manually testing the API

#golang #backend #api 

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REST API in Golang Beginner Tutorial
Building a JSON API in Golang
How to build a REST API in Golang

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A comprehensive walkthrough of building a production-ready e-commerce API in Go from scratch. Covers HTTP server setup with Chi router, clean layered architecture (handlers, services, repositories), dependency injection, structured logging with slog, middleware implementation, database schema design for products and orders, RESTful endpoint design, and error handling patterns. Demonstrates practical patterns like graceful configuration management, request ID tracking, and JSON response handling.

Building a Production API in Golang from Scratch (Ecommerce project)